JV field hockey team completes undefeated season Pepin, Stuart, Helmreich are top scorers

By John Cochin

Sanford News Sports Editor

Thursday, November 22, 2012

SANFORD — Coach Nancy Neubert’s Sanford High School junior varsity field hockey team completed the past season with a 13-0 record, according to stats released last week.

The squad completely dominated the league, outscoring the opposition by a whopping 67-2 margin as Jenna Pepin and Brittany Stewart Brittany led the scoring with 32 and 31 points, respectively. Pepin connected on 12 goals and eight assists for her 32 points and Stuart recorded 14 goals and three assists.

Elizabeth Helmreich and Casey Bucklin were third on the team in scoring, compiling 28 points apiece. Helmreich had 12 goals and four assists while Bucklin had 11 goals and six assists.

Addie Purvis was next in the scoring department, netting eight goals and three assists for 19 points.

Other goal scorers included Makayla Garvin with four, Leah Farley and Shannon Lebel with two apiece, and Courtney Camire and Allison L’Heureux with one each.

L’Heureux had four assists followed by Lebel and Ashton Ruby with three apiece. Kayla Caldwell and Lauren Desrochers each had two assists with Camire, Farley, Garvin and Kelsey Lizotte-Johnson adding one apiece.

The widest margin of victory was a 10-0 win over Noble High. Pepin scored three goals in the game with Stuart, Helmreich and Farley adding two apiece and Purvis and Camire each scoring one. In another high scoring game, Sanford defeated Westbrook 10-1 with Pepin and Buckley each scoring three goals, Purvis adding two, and Stuart and Helmreich contributing one each.

In an 8-0 win over Deering, Pepin scored three goals followed by Helmreich with two and Purvis, Garvin and Stuart with one apiece.

Stuart scored three goals in a 7-0 win over Bonny Eagle followed by Garvin, Purvis, Pepin and Bucklin with one each.

In a 6-0 win over Biddeford, Helmreich led the way with three goals followed by Shannon Lebel, Stuart and Bucklin with one goal each. Garvin scored two goals in a 5-0 win over South Portland followed by Bucklin, Helmreich and Purvis with one each.

The Spartans also had four one-goal victories. Stuart scored the winning goal in a 1-0 win over Gorham, and had another in a 1-0 win over Thornton, whilw L’Heureux scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Cheverus, and Stuart and Pepin each scored one in a 2-1 win over Scarborough.

Goalie Sarah Goldthwaite had a save percentage of 93.33 while posting 11 shutouts. Garvin’s four goals scored set a record for goals scored by a midfielder. and Pepin’s eight assists tied her with Sara Rose Blais for the most assists in one season.